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    It is not the case that Deep-conflict cases are not properly understood as self-deception

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    • 1.Deep-conflict cases do not obviously resemble cases of interpersonal deception
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    • 2.Without such resemblance it is mysterious why they would be considered species of the same genus as interpersonal deception
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    • 3.Deep-conflict cases more nearly resemble what Longeway calls 'escapism'
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    • 1.Genuine deception requires a deceiver who holds a belief that p while intentionally inducing belief that not-p in another party.
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    • 2.In deep-conflict cases, no single cognitive agent simultaneously holds contradictory beliefs with the requisite intentional structure of deception.
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    • 3.Alfred Mele's deflationary account shows deep-conflict cases lack the intentional causation essential to deception proper, making 'self-deception' a misleading label.
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    • 1.Longeway's 'escapism' captures motivated belief formation via attention manipulation without requiring the paradoxical simultaneous belief structure self-deception implies.
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    • 2.Deep-conflict cases are better explained by Sartrean bad faith or Fingarette's 'disavowal of engagement'—neither of which constitutes deception in the epistemically relevant sense.
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